Vivid Cerulean is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #f51 |
| Complementary Color | #ee4300 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (197.14° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 46.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Vivid Cerulean Color. The Ocean Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Surf Rider (#0193c2) for more calm effect. Try Resonant Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ee4300 is the best complementary color to Vivid Cerulean. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0ae complementary color is Trinidad, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #00eeba and #03e. Thus found on the left and right of #0ae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bright Turquoise and White colors as they work well with Vivid Cerulean.
The split-complementary Vivid Cerulean palette consists of #eeba00 and #ee0032 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ee4300). Try Corn and Torch Red colors in combination with #0ae, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #0ae offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Vivid Cerulean. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Vivid Cerulean contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Trinidad, Electric Violet, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #0ae square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Vivid Cerulean tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ee4300) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malachite – 120° from the complementary Trinidad. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e0a and #00ee43.
In a RGB color space, hex #00aaee is made of 0% red, 42% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Vivid Cerulean has a hue angle of 197.14°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00aaee is made of 93.33% cyan, 26.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #00aaee |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,170,238) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 42%, 58% |
| CMYK | 93.33, 26.66, 0, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(197.14,100%,46.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(197.14,100%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.6883,-12.4025,-44.0743) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.8073,34.9225,86.0586) |